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[SweetT]

I’ve collected comics since I was a kid. Haven’t bought much of the new stuff. I’ve also sold a disgusting amount of them for passive income.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Just finished interviewing Cullen Bunn about his Gatchaman series. It's as nostalgic as the Space Ghost series currently out.

Dude loves his horror though.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Here's my interview with Cullen Bunn...

Season 4 Episode 16: Talking Gatchaman - Comic Book Spot

Season 4 episode 16 of the Comic Bin Podcast is live. This episode Theo chats with writer Cullen Bunn about his work on Gatchaman from Mad Cave.

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Plus, mark this down... a Tom King title is my book of the week. SHOCKED I tell you.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Favorite titles from last week. I think there might be something wrong with me as I keep liking these Tom King titles...

Comic Bin Podcast: Season 4 Episode 18 - Comic Book Spot

Season 4 episode 18 of the Comic Bin Podcast is live. This episode Theo talks last week's best comic releases & what he's reading on this #NCBD.

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[GrandAdmiral]

Happy National Comic Book Day, you nerds...

 

[Eeyore]

Happy National Comic Book Day, you nerds...

I was going to stop at the LCS on the way home but I just wanted to relax

 

[Eeyore]

Spider-Man, Captain America & Thor Become an Official Team with the Perfect Codename

Spider-Man, Captain America, and Thor become the new Warriors Three.

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[DaveXA]

Spider-Man, Captain America & Thor Become an Official Team with the Perfect Codename

Spider-Man, Captain America, and Thor become the new Warriors Three.

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That's an interesting group. I like the concept.

 

[Eeyore]

That's an interesting group. I like the concept.

Strazinsky's run has been great. The guy had good runs on Spider-Man and Thor as well.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

The guy had good runs on Spider-Man

Until One More Day. Totally forked that up with Quesada.

 

[Eeyore]

I've read

Until One More Day. Totally forked that up with Quesada.

I've read that the two disagreed about how the story would go and, for some reason, Quesada had more influence. I don't know the politics involved. He's doing a great job with Captain America though I've seen rumors that Sam Wilson will be the sole Captain America soon. I'm guessing for the movie. It could all go bad soon if they try to make that happen.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Quesada had more influence.

He was editor-in-chief. He definitely had more influence.

Don't get me wrong. I love Straczynski's work on some stuff. What he did with the Squadron Supreme on the Max imprint was ***chef's kiss***. But he's not truly absolved from the One More Day debacle because in the end he wanted the same result. He just had a different way of getting there and his boss overruled him.

 

[Eeyore]

He was editor-in-chief. He definitely had more influence.

Don't get me wrong. I love Straczynski's work on some stuff. What he did with the Squadron Supreme on the Max imprint was ***chef's kiss***. But he's not truly absolved from the One More Day debacle because in the end he wanted the same result. He just had a different way of getting there and his boss overruled him.

I dislike that it's Marvel's policy that 616 Spider-Man has to be miserable.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I dislike that it's Marvel's policy that 616 Spider-Man has to be miserable.

As is DC with Batman

 

[Optimus Prime]

Comic books are not just fuel for some of the biggest movies and TV shows of all time.

Aside from being a genuinely great medium that could enrich the lives of many people who haven't previously wandered down that endless rabbit hole, comics offer the chance to do things that can't be done on screen.

They represent imagination that is only limited by what a given artist can do with a pen, and what a writer can dream up.

That even extends to utterly bonkers crossovers that couldn't happen anywhere else, like "King Kong" meets "Planet of the Apes."

It turns out, the world came very close to getting a DC and "Star Wars" crossover several years back. Why didn't it happen? That's where things get frustrating.

For some historical context, writer Kurt Busiek revealed in 2017 on Twitter that he was working on a "Superman/Star Wars" crossover with the legendary artist Alex Ross before it was later tabled by the powers that be.

"Alex Ross and I were geared up to do SUPERMAN/STAR WARS, but the corporate parties involved couldn't agree on how to divvy up the money," Busiek wrote at the time.

He also shared concept art of Superman duking it out with Darth Vader (which you can get a glimpse of above), and referred to Superman/Star Wars as "a dead project."

Now the table is set. More recently at Tampa Bay Comic Convention, former DC publisher Dan DiDio recently addressed this proposed crossover (via Popverse).

The exact timing is unclear, but what we know for sure is that Marvel Comics took over the "Star Wars" license in 2015 following Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm. In any event, DiDio confirmed that this crossover made its way to his desk……..

Even so, it sounds like corporate squabbles got in the way. These crossovers can be tricky.

Each party is very concerned for their respective franchise.

If Superman beats the tar out of Darth Vader, would Lucasfilm be happy with that? Probably not.

Similarly, if Darth Vader cuts Superman's arm off with a lightsaber, with DC like that? Nope.

So this all has to be negotiated down to the letter.

That's why a Marvel/DC crossover probably won't ever happen in live-action. DiDio, speaking a bit further, explained that the creator, presumably Busiek and/or Ross, was none too happy when it all fell apart……..

A DC Comics/Star Wars Crossover Didn't Happen For One Simple Reason - SlashFilm

Comic readers could have had the opportunity to read a DC/Star Wars crossover that saw Superman facing off against Darth Vader. Here's why it didn't happen.

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